CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
If you are sick, please stay home.
To keep our patients, staff and community safe, we are planning on implementing telemedicine soon to allow patients to keep their appointments with their doctors from the safety of their home. If you need a note for work to practice social distancing, please contact our office.
Our current guidelines are to continue all the medications prescribed to you by our office including prednisone, biologic therapy, and all DMARD therapy. However, if you have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 or is undergoing testing for COVID-19, hold biologic therapy for 2 weeks. If you remain symptom free (with no fevers, chills, cough, or shortness or breath), you may resume your biologic therapy.
Here is a general guideline regarding your therapy from our office:
If you have any signs/symptoms of coronavirus such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, we ask that you call your family doctor’s office for guidance regarding testing and treatment for coronavirus. Please reschedule your appointment with us and hold your targeted DMARD/biologic therapy (Humira, Enbrel, Simponi, Cimzia, Orencia, Actemra, Xeljanz, Olumiant, Rinvoq) just as you would hold these medications for any other illness.
If you test positive for coronavirus or have a household member who tests positive, if you are exposed to someone who is undergoing testing for coronavirus, please stop your targeted DMARD/biologic therapy and call our office regarding guidance on resuming these medications.
If you have a fever, avoid taking NSAIDs (Ibuprofen, Aleve, meloxicam etc). You may take Tylenol for a fever.
We ask that you follow the guidelines suggested by CDC and please review the following websites for up to date information.
www.rheumatology.org/announcements
www.coronavirus.gov
If you are sick, please stay home.
To keep our patients, staff and community safe, we are planning on implementing telemedicine soon to allow patients to keep their appointments with their doctors from the safety of their home. If you need a note for work to practice social distancing, please contact our office.
Our current guidelines are to continue all the medications prescribed to you by our office including prednisone, biologic therapy, and all DMARD therapy. However, if you have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 or is undergoing testing for COVID-19, hold biologic therapy for 2 weeks. If you remain symptom free (with no fevers, chills, cough, or shortness or breath), you may resume your biologic therapy.
Here is a general guideline regarding your therapy from our office:
If you have any signs/symptoms of coronavirus such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, we ask that you call your family doctor’s office for guidance regarding testing and treatment for coronavirus. Please reschedule your appointment with us and hold your targeted DMARD/biologic therapy (Humira, Enbrel, Simponi, Cimzia, Orencia, Actemra, Xeljanz, Olumiant, Rinvoq) just as you would hold these medications for any other illness.
If you test positive for coronavirus or have a household member who tests positive, if you are exposed to someone who is undergoing testing for coronavirus, please stop your targeted DMARD/biologic therapy and call our office regarding guidance on resuming these medications.
If you have a fever, avoid taking NSAIDs (Ibuprofen, Aleve, meloxicam etc). You may take Tylenol for a fever.
We ask that you follow the guidelines suggested by CDC and please review the following websites for up to date information.
www.rheumatology.org/announcements
www.coronavirus.gov